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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
Volume 96, Issue 1, Pages 69-74Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2313(01)00214-9
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transmission electron microscopy; photoluminescence; cathodoluminescence; electroluminescence; BaAl2S4 : Eu; thin films
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We characterized the crystallization and luminescence of blue-emitting BaAl2S4: Eu electroluminescent thin films, prepared using switching clectron-beam evaporation with two targets. From the photoluminescence intensity and decay profile of the activated Eu2+ ions in the BaAl2S4: Eu, we found that the optimum annealing conditions for preparing highly luminescent thin films are a temperature of around 900degreesC and an annealing time of 2min. We analyzed the crystalline properties using cross-sectional transmission electron microscope images. Evaluation of the cathodoluminescence spectra in the cross-sections showed that the BaAl2S4: Eu emitting layer was luminously inhomogeneous on the depth of the layer and that the main luminescent area was near the surface of the emitting layer. We discuss here the relationship between the crystalline and luminescent properties. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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